Re: [RFC 1/5] drivers: Add boot constraints core

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu Jun 29 2017 - 10:49:52 EST


On 29-06-17, 13:50, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 09:21:57AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 28-06-17, 08:55, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On 06/28/2017 03:26 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> >
> > > > +config BOOT_CONSTRAINTS
> > > > + bool "Boot constraints for devices"
> > > > + default y
> > >
> > > Why default y?
> > >
> > > As Linus just wrote yesterday:
> > >
> > > No. We've tried. The only sensible default (and that I try to enforce)
> > > is "new featrures default to 'n'"
> >
> > Yeah, this should have been n really.
>
> Given that the default default is to default to n, you don't need to
> supply a default that just says what the default default actually is.
> Please also avoid silly defaults.

That was nice :)

Yeah, will get rid of the default statement here.

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viresh